New Posts For Thread: Laws before Moseshttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29044465/Laws_before_MosesHello everyone!I'm at it again...I'm continuing to read the equivalent of the book "The Old Testament for dummies" and I came accross something else that piqued my interest and would like your opinion on.What were the laws before Moses? I know of aShusha:Take Pam's advice. Personally, I thought you were already where you needed to be when we first met some time ago, with your Jewish people.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29044465/Laws_before_Moses?post_id=518626753#518626753Shusha:Take Pam's advice. Personally, I thought you were already where you needed to be when we first met some time ago, with your Jewish people.Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:31:45 -0500One doesn't join a movement so much as one joins oneself to a community. After that, one lives within that community and judges one's behavior by the standards of that community. What other communities may think of your level of observance is not relhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29044465/Laws_before_Moses?post_id=518626053#518626053One doesn't join a movement so much as one joins oneself to a community. After that, one lives within that community and judges one's behavior by the standards of that community. What other communities may think of your level of observance is not relSat, 14 Apr 2012 22:17:12 -0500One of the classic rabbinic teachings goes:"Rabbi Masya ben (son of) Charash said... better to be the tail of lions rather than the head of foxes."http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29044465/Laws_before_Moses?post_id=518625301#518625301One of the classic rabbinic teachings goes:"Rabbi Masya ben (son of) Charash said... better to be the tail of lions rather than the head of foxes."Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:16:38 -0500Shusha - being fluent in Hebrew is nice but not necessary. You can always convert and just keep working on it.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29044465/Laws_before_Moses?post_id=518607233#518607233Shusha - being fluent in Hebrew is nice but not necessary. You can always convert and just keep working on it.Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:22:19 -0500Hi nieciedo!You write:Why? Why does this strike you as a good thing?Because I'm used to religious people accepting the Scriptures blindly. The idea of questionning is a breath of fresh air.I have to add that I dislike it when people write insultinghttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29044465/Laws_before_Moses?post_id=518601687#518601687Hi nieciedo!You write:Why? Why does this strike you as a good thing?Because I'm used to religious people accepting the Scriptures blindly. The idea of questionning is a breath of fresh air.I have to add that I dislike it when people write insultingSat, 14 Apr 2012 09:12:20 -0500Wabbit,Feel free to pm me.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29044465/Laws_before_Moses?post_id=518591139#518591139Wabbit,Feel free to pm me.Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:45:11 -0500Shrug. Not fascinating at all. Rather pedestrian. I grew up with a mostly non-practicing but believing Catholic mother, an atheist father with an Anglican background. Used to have long discussions with my mom and my sisters about Christianity, whhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29044465/Laws_before_Moses?post_id=518591023#518591023Shrug. Not fascinating at all. Rather pedestrian. I grew up with a mostly non-practicing but believing Catholic mother, an atheist father with an Anglican background. Used to have long discussions with my mom and my sisters about Christianity, whSat, 14 Apr 2012 01:33:57 -0500Shrug. Not fascinating at all. Rather pedestrian. I grew up with a mostly non-practicing but believing Catholic mother, an atheist father with an Anglican background. Used to have long discussions with my mom and my sisters about Christianity, whhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29044465/Laws_before_Moses?post_id=518590895#518590895Shrug. Not fascinating at all. Rather pedestrian. I grew up with a mostly non-practicing but believing Catholic mother, an atheist father with an Anglican background. Used to have long discussions with my mom and my sisters about Christianity, whSat, 14 Apr 2012 01:21:12 -0500Howdy Shusha,Thanks for your explanation. As I said, I understand you fully. I was only highlighting Nieciedo's point on the true Will of God. Where is it to be found? The Tanakh explicitly mandates the death penalty for 36 offenses whereas the Statehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29044465/Laws_before_Moses?post_id=518590757#518590757Howdy Shusha,Thanks for your explanation. As I said, I understand you fully. I was only highlighting Nieciedo's point on the true Will of God. Where is it to be found? The Tanakh explicitly mandates the death penalty for 36 offenses whereas the StateSat, 14 Apr 2012 01:07:52 -0500The dilemma is seeing, on one hand, the evident inapplicability of explicit ancient commandments to our age whil, on the other, seeing that we should see God's will for ourselves and not through the filter of other fallible men.Wabbit,Your comments dhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29044465/Laws_before_Moses?post_id=518590657#518590657The dilemma is seeing, on one hand, the evident inapplicability of explicit ancient commandments to our age whil, on the other, seeing that we should see God's will for ourselves and not through the filter of other fallible men.Wabbit,Your comments dSat, 14 Apr 2012 00:58:26 -0500